06-14-2004, 03:10 PM
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Originally posted by jjtarnow
It's whitish (not losing any coolant and have no froth in the oil). It comes out of the right bank mostly(#1 plug was a mess when I changed them last weekend). What are your thoughts?
Josh
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Do you only get smoke when you first start it up or does it continue when driving? If only on start up, could be as simple and replacing the valve stem seals, which is relatively cheap and inexpensive. If you get smoke continually while driving could be a problem with piston rings, big $$ to repair. If you get a puff of smoke while shifting could be valve stem seals and/or valve guides, and replacing guides is not cheap either. If the valve guides are worn, depending on what type of heads you have now, it might make sense to just replace the heads with aftermarket aluminum heads rather than doing a valve job. A leak down test and a compression test would be diagnostic tools.
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